About this Event

As part of Camp and Furnace’s Curious Community programme of events for 2015, The Hip Hop Wine Shop spins the traditional wine festival on its head, remixing it with an urban vibe for the new year.



This is a democratic wine event – no festival theatre, no scripts, and NO stuffy chateaux – with over 100 wines to taste.



Wine traders knuckle bump with live graffiti artists, BMX and skateboarders, scratch DJs, footwear sellers, tattooists, vinyl junkies and street food sellers.



Industry speakers will also give impromptu pop-up talks about different vintages on the hoof – miss ‘em, miss out.



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Confirmed guest speakers include:



Joe Wadsack:

Wine critic, writer and TV presenter, in the early noughties, Joe became the wine columnist for The Sunday Express, also writing for magazines such as Waitrose Food Illustrated, Red and regular articles in the trade press. His TV career burgeoned, becoming a regular on TV Shows such as Great Food Live and Saturday Kitchen. For the last few years Joe has acted as a consultant to various companies in the wine trade, and continues to host tastings all over the country as well as abroad. He is the regular host for the annual Tesco Wine Fairs around the British Isles. The other activity which perhaps Joe is most reknowned for is being a wine judge for various international wine competitions. He is and has been a Panel Chair for ten years at The International Wine Challenge, the world’s largest blind wine tasting, and is a regular international guest judge on the Royal Australian Wine Show Circuit.



Rufus Carter:

Rufus Carter is the “Pate-Pioneer” from The Patchwork Traditional Food Company.Patchwork is now a local, national & internationally recognised award winning brand leader, specialising in hand made pâté, for retail and foodservice. Rufus was recognised for his contributions to the Welsh Food Industry with his appointment as True Taste Ambassador in 2005 & Insider Magazine awarded him with an Innovation award for his leadership style. He also is a respected Judge at Great Taste Award’s, World Cheese Award’s, Q Food Awards, True Taste Awards, as well as regular on the Rude Health Rants, Radio and Television including a recent appearance Sunday Brunch, Rufus is referred to as a Pate Pioneer/evangelist.



Dan Harwood:

Dan Harwood is a freelance wine educator in the North West of England and across the UK. Delivering informal tastings and accredited course Dan also delivers Bordeaux specific events on behalf of the Bordaeux wine council in France. He believes that learning about wine should be relaxed and fun and his events are accessible yet still informative.



Other speakers will be announced nearer the event.



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Ticket £12 + fee includes:

- £5 discount voucher off 3 bottles or more of wine purchased from traders on the day of the event.

- Tasting glass

- Tasting notes